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Private Equity Trends

We interviewed Martec’s resident Private Equity expert, Rick Claar, after his recent meetings with several of our leading PE clients in Cleveland to find out what he had to say about trends in the industry. Read on for his take on fundless sponsors, the rise of business development positions, and a new approach to due

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The Biggest Problems Facing Private Equity Today

When readying to make their next big investment, all private equity firms face the same set of challenges. Here’s Martec’s Rick Claar on what those challenges are, and how they can be overcome with deep market research. Allison Reck: What do you see as some of the most pressing issues that private equity is dealing

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In Chemicals M&A, It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

By Rick Claar, Martec Partner Over the past 30+ years consulting in the specialty chemicals space, I have seen about five different waves of acquisition/divestiture activity within the chemical sector. About every five to seven years, companies are either trying to get bigger and consolidate or spin-off/divest to get smaller and nimbler. We’re currently in

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